UGA confirms torn ACL for Aaron Murray

Posted by John Taylor on November 24, 2013, 10:43 AM EST

AP

UPDATED 11:24 a.m. ET: Georgia confirmed very late Sunday morning that Aaron Murray has indeed suffered a torn ACL. Because swelling in the knee was minimal, Murray will undergo surgery this week as opposed to waiting the normal 10-14 days.

Needless to say, Murray’s season and collegiate career have come to an end.

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Pardon my French, but dammit all.

Unfortunately, the rumors and speculation that have been swirling around the seriousness of the injury suffered by good-guy Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray Saturday night appear to be painfully true. Tweets surfaced from numerous Georgia beat writers late Sunday morning that Murray’s mom had taken to social media to announce that her son suffered a torn ACL in the win over Kentucky and will undergo surgery early this coming week to repair the damage.

Georgia QB Aaron Murray will have surgery to repair an ACL injury on Tuesday, his mother posted on social media.

As of yet, UGA has not confirmed the extent of Murray’s injury. If it is indeed an ACL, it would mark the end of a prolific and record-breaking career for Murray between the hedges.

The senior holds nearly every major Bulldog single-season and career passing marks as well of a handful of SEC records. He was also the proverbial Iron Man, starting each of the past 52 games at quarterback for UGA. Provided the speculation is accurate, that streak will come to an end and put Hutson Mason under center for the regular-season finale against Georgia Tech and the team’s bowl game.

Mason would become the first player not named “Aaron Murray” to start at quarterback for the Bulldogs since the Dec. 28, 2009, Independence Bowl (Joe Cox).

Damn that sucks. Murray is a warrior though so he will rise above this.

Good luck with the recovery!

dcroz says:Nov 24, 2013 12:01 PM

I’m sorry to hear this. Murray is a helluva player that should have been able to go out in a bowl game rather than in a drubbing of a terrible Kentucky team. Here’s hoping he makes a full recovery and is able to go on to the next level.

On the “silver lining” side of things, though, Georgia now gets to see what Murray’s successor can do in real game conditions for the last two games of this season, instead of having to wait until the first game of next year.

dhardy8207 says:Nov 24, 2013 12:17 PM

Enjoyed watching this young man develop over his college career. Hoping for a speedy and complete recovery from this injury and much success in a hopefully promising NFL career. Dawg fans should be proud of this young man’s achievements…

Someone once wrote a book I think was entitled, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” Well this is certainly one of those bad things. Aaron Murray is a class act, and a helluva QB. Sure hope he recovers 100% and is as big a success in the NFL as he was at UGA. All the best, young man, from a Michigan Wolverine. Sure wish you would have played for us, but so do a lot of teams! Go Dawgs and go blue (to the slaughter next weekend)….

One of the classiest QBs to don college pads. I watched his reaction after the catch made by Auburn last week. He was obviously disappointed, but knowing every camera in the stadium would be on him, he maintained his composure. True gentleman player. All the best for a speedy recovery from this life-long Auburn fan, and alum.